According to USA Today , the Spanish scientists bestowed the moniker on a heat wave that sent temperatures soaring to 112 degrees Fahrenheit in Seville between July 24 and July 27. It's a new effort to alert the public to extreme temperatures and warn them of the dangers, José María Martín Olalla, an associate professor in the department of condensed matter physics at Sevilla University, told the newspaper.
Hurricanes have long received human names, and an unofficial practice of giving winter storms nicknames emerged in2012 in the United States. But Zoe is the first heat wave to be given a name. The name is an effort of the proMETEO Sevilla Project, an initiative of the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center of the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based research center and non-profit organization.
Heat waves can be dangerous, especially for vulnerable populations like older individuals and people who do manual labor outdoors. The World Health Organization calculated in 2018 that between 2000 and 2016, the number of people exposed to extreme heat each year increased by 125 million. In July, temperatures in England exceeded 104 degrees F for the first time on record.
The United States is also experiencing periods of extreme heat as the climate changes. Today , the nonprofit First Street Foundation released a report highlighting where extreme heat is likely to become more common in future decades. Their modeling suggests that the Deep South, southern Arizona and southern to central California will experience some of the most extreme shifts.
Zoe may be the first named heat wave, but it won't be the last. Authorities in Spain plan to alternate female and male names in reverse alphabetical order for future heat events. By naming heat waves, proMETEO Sevilla hopes to let the public know that they'll need to take extra care, USA Today reported. In a heat wave, the WHO advises keeping cool by opening windows at night to let cooler air in and keeping light out during the day.
It's weather. Not climate. Day to day, month to month is weather. Climate is a 30 year trend.
Article cites First Street Foundation, a 'flood risk assessment agency' that seems to be working the Al Gore Grift by expanding their fame by jumping into the 'climate done gunna kill us all!' yelping. And... it seems to have worked. Thanks 'Spacedotwhatever'!
FFS.
Yeah…. No. They tried to make naming winter storms a thing. 🤡 Stop with the fake outrage.
In Vegas we give them a name every year, they're actually more of a curse word than a name, but still undoubtedly a reference to the death traps.
Don’t tell me. They’ve names it Lord Flashheart haven’t they?
Let me guess. They named it 'Marilyn Monroe.'
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